For those playing along at home, according to citydems.org, Mark Rice is the committeeman for the 20th ward. Apparently, he's not only incompetent, he's also an asshole.

how odd. if its the same mark rice who ran for state rep, i met him a few times. seemed like a very nice fellow.

While I want to stay focused on Dave's most happy occasion, I have to reply. I worked with Mark Rice last fall on the Kerry campaign with the City Dems. Mark Rice was the hardest working committeeman in the entire city (besides you, Brian Wahby). He knocked doors every night. He held rallies in his ward, he fundraised, he registered new voters- the guy worked his ass off. I also worked on different campaigns through March and April. Turnout was poor in March and horrible in April. When the 16th and 23rd wards come in with 14 - 16%, where the hell do you think the 20th will come in? 8% is right where I would expect it to be if you looked at the NCEC data. This has nothing to do with Mark.

Mark is a very passionate person. What he did was totally inappropriate. Mark loves his neighborhood and works hard. You may still call him an asshole, but please dont' call him incompetent.

(Gee, with a 3.95 from Columbia, I would think you'd know better than to publicly attack a Democratic elected official.)

I don't really know Mark Rice, but 20th ward committeewoman Lorraine Ura is a very nice old lady. Her backyard garden is pretty. And she's had to deal with many neighborhood issues like the auto body shop / heroin dealership just across the alley from her longtime home.

And of course 20th ward alderman Craig Schmid is a great, tireless representative.

That said - turnout in the 20th is low largely because of demographics: many low income minority renters who move around pretty often, have unstable economic and family situations, and are hard for GOTV efforts to reach. The most reliable voters are the handful of older widows (like Lorraine) scattered about the ward. And a really small number of young (mostly white) homeowners like me. There are of course many stable minority families in the community, but they are not yet a political force.

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